Microsoft Windows: Prevent installation of devices also to already installed

Published: 2018-06-25 06:54:51

CVSS Base Vector:AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N

Report Confidence:97

Summary:This test checks the setting for policy
'Prevent installation of devices that match any of these device IDs: Also apply
to matching devices that are already installed' on Windows hosts (at least
Windows 7).
The policy setting specifies a list of Plug and Play hardware IDs and compatible
IDs for devices that Windows is prevented from installing and applies this also to
already installed devices. The setting takes precedence over any other policy
setting that allows Windows to install a device.

Severity

Detection Plugin

CVSS Score

0.0

Published

2018-06-25

Modified

2018-08-07

Category

Policy

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